WHO IS AT RISK ? • Health workers are most at risk.
• Household members of infected persons/high
flyers (travellers).
• Hunters of monkeys, baboons and antelopes.
• Mortuary attendants and those who attend to
dead bodies/religious burial rites. • Anybody that comes in close proximity to an
infected person. HOW DO YOU KNOW ITS EBOLA? • History of contact/travel
• When a person has severe illness with
weakness and fatigue.
• Persistent high grade fever with temperature
above 38 degree Celsius that lasts for more than 2
weeks. • Intense muscle pains .
• Sore throat, vomiting and diarrhoea, shock
• Rashes
• Impaired kidney and liver
• Internal and external bleeding YOU CAN PREVENT EBOLA BY • High index of suspicion.
• Frequent hand washing with soap and water.
• Frequent use of sanitizers.
• Frequent use of chlorinated water.
• Avoid overcrowding.
• Avoid contact with infected persons and their personal belongings
• Avoid contact with dead bodies of infected
persons.
• Controlled preparation and burial of dead
bodies of infected persons. CONT’D • Avoid contact with infected animals.
• Refrain from consuming animals like fruits
bats, baboons, monkeys, antelopes etc.
• Do not pick up the dead carcasses of these
animals
• Adequate waste disposal. • Discourage of the use of same vessels in all
places
• Avoid hand shakes
• Obtain death certificate for any corpse coming
into your area.
ROLE OF PARENTS Monitor your child/children at home.
Discourage travel to endemic area.
Be ambassadors of hand washing in our
households and communities.
Get information on Ebola and spread it round
Disabuse rumours and myths about Ebola Monitor the health of children and wards
Encourage sick people to report immediately at
health facilities.
ROLE OF TEACHERS • Maintain a high index of suspicious for any sick
child.
• When in doubt, cross check with nearest
Hospital.
• Practice hand washing and encourage your
pupils to do same. • Use of Gloves in case a child vomits/defecates
at school.
• Ensure proper environmental sanitation.
• Head teachers to oversee the disposal at
schools.
• Educate pupils regularly on Ebola Virus Disease .
• Educate pupils regularly on simple personal
Hygiene.
• Encourage pupils to pass messages to parents
and practice personal hygiene at home.
ROLE OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS /
PROPRIETORS • Discourage students from sharing clothes or
other personal belongings.
• Discourage sharing of clothes and other
material things.
• Ensure that Universal Precaution Materials such
as Gloves, Apron, Facemasks, Disinfectants, Sanitizers and infrared Thermometers.
• Get and Disseminate IEC materials on Ebola in
your schools.
• Provide hand washing equipment in your
school.
• Educate pupils regularly on Ebola and personal hygiene in your school assembly.
• Provide good sanitary and waste disposal
materials in your schools
• Disseminate information on Ebola to parents. ROLE OF COMMUNITIES • Get information on Ebola Virus Disease.
• Pass the information round.
• Avoid overcrowding.
• Ensure environmental and proper waste
disposal.
• Discourage rumours and myths about EVD. • Be an ambassador of hand washing.
• Discourage improper burial practices.
• Be alert! Be vigilant! Report suspicious cases to
health facilities.
• Spread the message, not panic!
PUPIL HAVING FEVER/A SICK CHILD ? • High index of suspicious with meticulous
observation of the pupils.
• Ebola is not the only virus causing fever,
diarrhoea, vomit, etc.
• Early recognition of symptoms.
• Early alert of suspected pupils to the Helplines/ Ministry of Health.
• Report to appropriate authority.
• Call/Invite parents or wards.
• Appropriate authority will begin investigation;
ensure diagnosis and treatment as the case may
be. GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES ON EBOLA • Enlightenment programmes.
• Advocacy/ Meetings with relevant
stakeholders.
• Health Education/ Production and
dissemination of IEC Materials.
• Sensitization through Press. • Press Conferences.
• Renovations and Procurements. THANK YOU. NOTE: Ebola is not Air-Borne Virus, You cannot contact/catch Ebola through the Air. Stay tuned to WWW.FREETEENZ.XTGEM.COM for tips how to prevent Ebola Virus Disease
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